Chapter 1384: The Chinese Are Tired
After breakfast in the morning, the grandfather and grandson took a stroll in the French garden at the entrance of the villa.
Soon after the sun came out, the air in Beverly Hills was fresh and cool, and you could see two rows of low peach trees, now in full bloom, which were different from ordinary peach trees, and the fruit was peaches, the flat kind, and the flowers were darker.
The gray magpie couple jumped up, came to the lawn to choose a suitable branch, and went to build a nest in the pine tree with their beaks, the gray magpie's feathers are very beautiful in color, and the head seems to be buttoned with a black hat, almost invisible eyes, and quite large.
The day before yesterday, their old nest was damaged by a strong wind, and even the little magpie fell from the tree, and the little magpie's feathers were almost full, but it could not fly, and now the gardener took care of it, and when he caught the little worm, he fed it.
This time I fed a fat green worm, the food was too big for it, only half of it was swallowed, and the other half was still writhing outside its mouth, almost choking the little magpie to death, when he saw this scene, Han Xuan decisively dispelled the idea of touching it, it was really not cute.
Fat Ding bullied the gardener's strange pet, the chameleon, and he kept biting all kinds of different colored things, placing them in front of the chameleon, and then watching how nervously he changed colors.
For a long time, it was thought that cats were colorblind and could only see black, gray and white, but current scientific research proves that this belief is not true.
Experiments have shown that cats can distinguish colors after training, and many scientists believe that cats do not care about colors, although they can see colors, but do not give any meaning to colors.
At this time, Fat Ding put a lot of things in front of the chameleon at the same time, and then the chameleon became entangled and simply turned into colorful colors.
Han Xuan, who is terminally ill (dense phobia), does not like chameleons, he has no love for lizards, snakes, bats and other species, and is afraid that this strangely colored chameleon will be accidentally played to death by Fat Ding, so he takes the fat cat away......
When I was chatting with the old man, I learned that my grandmother had been very busy lately.
She used to be bored at home, but recently she has actually enjoyed tiring work, and often sighs about the meaning of the life of eating and sleeping all day long.
Han Xuanting was happy to see this change, and clearly understood that the change was not because he wanted to leave wealth to himself, but because the elders were enjoying the process of running a business, and leaving wealth was just a matter of convenience.
People live for only a few decades, at most only more than a hundred years, and they should live for themselves, not for their children or anything else.
Just look at Huaxia to know how many men work hard to support their families and work hard for the future of their children, and women are the same, busy with children while working, the whole family revolves around the children, and the pressure of life is very high.
Life is divided into two stages, before having children and after having children, before having children, life belongs to oneself, and then life is for others, not only taking care of future generations, but also taking care of future generations.
It is said that raising children to prevent old age, but it seems that there are more gnawing old people, and excessive spoiling is a hotbed for nourishing rice worms.
After the child gets married, the parents give money to support them, and when the parents are old, the pension is also given to the child, and there are many people who do this.
In the past, Han Xuan also took it for granted that his parents did this, but after coming to the United States, he found a fact: American parents are happier than their Chinese parents, and they are not just a little happier.
The life stage of Americans is probably from themselves to their children, and then the next nearly half of their lives belong to themselves, and only about a quarter of their lives are spent for their children.
No one supports the elderly to earn their own money, the poor have a poor way of living, the rich have a way of living, they are still at ease, and their children have not fallen into the streets, in fact, the vast majority of them know how to live more when they become adults.
When children in the United States reach the age of 18, they can't wait to leave their parents, and for them, living alone from their parents is the most important sign of independence, and no matter how society develops, this value of Americans has never changed.
Western children are like adults at the age of seventeen or eighteen, which refers to the ability to live independently and think independently, while Chinese children, after graduating from college, getting married and having children, are still more like children.
Times are changing, society is also changing, Westerners believe that raising children to adulthood, is the obligation of parents, parents save enough college funds to fulfill the obligation, and then let the children go out to work hard by themselves, fight for their own life, brilliant or ordinary, happy is the most important.
If you get a scholarship or drop out of school, and the college fund is not used, then the college fund is turned into a start-up fund or money for marriage, or the child successfully finds a good way out, and the parents can keep the money for themselves.
Elderly people drive Ferraris, their descendants drive dilapidated second-hand cars, in Western society is not uncommon, this is not selfish, if the descendants work hard, when they are old can also drive luxury cars, these parents are living for themselves, enjoying life.
As for how much inheritance the offspring can get after the death of their parents, it depends on luck, and the love for children has not changed, but this does not prevent them from enjoying life.
No country has laws that stipulate that children must be richer than the previous generation, and in the animal kingdom, no animal will conscientiously take care of its offspring for a lifetime, which shows that the Chinese practice is not in line with the law of survival, and is imposed on people by the limitations of secular concepts.
Chinese people always like to say, "This is for the sake of the children, for the next generation to earn more money", but each generation says that they make money for the next generation, but until which generation will spend this money?
Under the pretext of saying that it is for the happiness of the offspring family, but sacrificing the happiness of his own family, this is really selfish, and it is not uncommon for couples to live separately for their children.
A large part of the reason for the high divorce rate is that the family affection for the child is more than the love itself, and the other party has not been considered, taking it for granted that the child is everything, and everything else can be put aside first......
After listening to Han Xuan's questions about future generations, he put forward a new point of view and told: "Probably because we Chinese have been poor and afraid for thousands of years."
At the beginning, my father and grandfather just left the best things for me, killed a chicken, and my legs were all mine, and the elders watched me eat, and I didn't know how to be polite at that time, but now I really blush when I think about it.
Although some of the old concepts have now declined, some of the spirit of traditional culture is still deeply rooted in the Chinese.
For thousands of years, China has never had a perfect social security system, so everyone has no sense of security, and they are trying to squeeze today for tomorrow, not because we like wealth, but because we insure ourselves in advance, and whites and blacks can't understand this.
Even President Clinton was appealing, saying that the savings rate of Chinese residents was too high and that they should consume more to stimulate the economy.
Can those white people who have lived under a perfect welfare system since their ancestors understand the helplessness and fear of ordinary Chinese people about the future?
In the hearts of our Chinese, we believe that leaving more property to our children and grandchildren is the greatest care for our children and grandchildren, and it is also the greatest responsibility for the family.
I know there is a problem with this idea, but the vast majority of Chinese people do think this way, and it is difficult to change.
When I was young, I was busy with work all day long, and I almost divorced your grandmother, and now the reason why I am not close to your father is because I was away from home for a long time, and he still complains about me.
When I was a child, my family was poor, and I was chased like a dog by white police all day long, wearing old clothes, eating leftovers, picking up garbage on the street to buy hot dogs, and I was reluctant to finish a meal.
Now that we can finally chase money openly and safely, don't expect to alleviate this long-suppressed desire and motivation in a generation or two.
Recently, many Chinese families in the United States who have become wealthy first have been learning from Western parents to make their children independent, which shows that the previous practice of Chinese people is inseparable from the lack of social security, and the relationship is still very close.
If you don't have to worry about the lives of your offspring, who wants to spend their whole life just to earn money?
However, there is a problem with this approach, and you can't keep them for a lifetime.
After all, there are only a few rich Chinese, the vast majority of overseas Chinese are still very poor, and many illegal immigrants can't even solve the identity problem......
These words were like an initiation, allowing Han Xuan to see the contradiction clearly at once.
It's not that parents don't want to relax, but because they're too poor, and society hasn't developed to a stage where parents can relax and feel at ease, if parents don't interfere in their children's lives, the problem of getting married and asking for a house and a car will naturally be solved.
Thinking about it this way, the modern Chinese are sad, except for the small group of people who became rich first, except for those who do not want children, the rest are destined to take on the responsibility of being parents and children.
What is even more tragic is that hard work will not necessarily lead to good results, and the speed of making money cannot match the rate of rising housing prices and currency depreciation, which is the responsibility of the state.
If you don't have children, you have to take on the responsibility of taking care of your parents, and having children will have another responsibility, and the saddest words are: the money earned before the age of 60 is used to see a doctor after the age of 60......
(I know the reason why I'm out of state recently, chronic enteritis, and fatty liver, but I'm only 22 years old, sitting every day, and I have to find time to exercise)